rejuvenate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /rɪˈdʒuvəneɪt/ UK /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make young, fresh, or vigorous again

A short holiday rejuvenated the exhausted team.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make young, fresh, or... revitalizerefresh renew reinvigorate revive restore regenerate

Opposites

age wither exhaust tire

Word family

Forms rejuvenated

Derived forms rejuvenationrejuvenatedrejuvenatingrejuvenatorrejuvenescence

Related forms juvenile juniorjuvenescent

Simplified etymology

Rejuvenate entered English in the mid-18th century and derives from Latin juvenis, “young.” Latin juvenis shares an ancient root with English young and youth.

Etymology

From re- ('again') + Latin juvenis ('young') + -ate, modeled on Latin juvenescere ('to grow young').

re- Latin juvenis Latin *h₂yuhₓen- Proto-Indo-European

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# rejuvenate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈdʒuvəneɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/

## Meanings
1. to make young, fresh, or vigorous again

## Examples
- A short holiday rejuvenated the exhausted team.

## Synonyms
- revitalize
- refresh
- renew
- reinvigorate
- revive
- restore
- regenerate

## Antonyms
- age
- wither
- exhaust
- tire

## Derived Forms
- rejuvenation
- rejuvenated
- rejuvenating
- rejuvenator
- rejuvenescence

## Related Forms
- juvenile
- junior
- juvenescent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: juvenis
- Root: *h₂yuhₓen-

## Etymology
From re- ('again') + Latin juvenis ('young') + -ate, modeled on Latin juvenescere ('to grow young').

## AI Etymology
Rejuvenate comes from re- ('again') + Latin juvenis ('young') + -ate, modeled on Latin juvenescere ('to grow young'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin juvenis, and Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuhₓen-. The quoted older senses, "again", "young", and "to grow young", supply the semantic anchors for rejuvenate. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word rejuvenate carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to make young, fresh, or vigorous again". English derivatives include rejuvenation, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, and rejuvenator; related English forms include juvenile, junior, and juvenescent. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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